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H| Dcllly | 78/43 I- .f* Today, mostly sunny warmer. Tonight, mostly clear. Saturday, mostly sunny. High around 70. Association criticizes cut process By Eric Snyder Staff Reporter The UNL chapter of the American Asso ciation of University Professors strongly criticized the current budget-cutting process in a resolution passed Thursday. The resolution, which was approved in a general meeting, expressed BUDGET tfie *oca* chapter of AAUP’s concern for the “integrity and quality of academic pro grams”at UNL. ^ Budget reduction propos es als were presented to the Budget Reduction Review Committee Sept. 9 by the chancellor. The proposals were in response to a mandate by the Nebraska Legislature that requires the Univer sity of Nebraska-Lincoln to cut its budget by 2 percent this year and 1 percent next year. The resolution listed the three reasons that the A AUP considers legitimate for terminating faculty. The reasons are financial exigency, “cause” or malfeasance and termination on the basis of educational consideration. See AAUP on 6 UNO students move for change of UNL name By Jeremy Fitzpatrick Senior Reporter Dissatisfied with a perception of the Uni versity of Nebraska at Omaha as a “sat ellite campus” of UNL, the UNO stu dent government leaders are taking matters into their own hands. UNO’s student senate passed a resolution last week instructing all universities in the NU system to change the way they refer to UNL. The college is currently referred to as the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, while UNO and UNK are referred to as the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the University of Nebraska at Kearney. The resolution states that using a dash in referring to UNL “fosters the opinion that good education is only to be had in Lincoln_This is certainly not the case.” Mark Vanevenhoven, a political science junior and a member of the UNO student gov ernment, introduced the resolution. He said UNO students are tired of being treated like they are attending “a two-year commuter college.” See UNO on 3 I Prof. Robert Hitchcock, professor of anthropology, displays a bow used by Namibia bushmen. Hitchcock said the bushmen who use these bows to hunt are competing for food against Africans who hunt with shotguns. Third World advocate Professor works to protect needs of indigenous By Wendy Mott Staff Reporter The plight of the indigenous Third World people has concerned Robert Hitchcock since he was a child, and his desire to help them influences him daily. Hitchcock, the coordinator of African Studies and an assis tant anthropology pro fessor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, was bom in Saudi Arabia. In the 15 years he lived there, Hitchcock, 42, was exposed to the poverty of indige nous families. Even then, he said, he felt a need to help those families. Hitchcock’s interest in helping pcedy people intensified in the 1960s with his involvement in the Vietnam anti-war movement, he said. “America’s policy was influencing poor (Vietnamese) farmers,” Hitchcock said. Because the United States government ignored the effect of its decision-making on Vietnamese farmers, he said, ‘‘I became involved to make American foreign policy more humane.” Hitchcock’s involvement in changing foreign policy wasn’t limited to the Viet nam era. Since 1975, Hitchcock has worked with native Africans to protect their human rights and alleviate poverty. He has worked with groups whose rights and ways of life arc threatened by foreign policy and foreign development projects, nc said. Hitchcock’s most recent trip was to southern Africa in July. He worked in Botswana and Lesotho with two back-to back programs to protect people who might be hurt by large-scale development, he said. The Botswana trip was sponsored by the United Stales Agency for Interna tional Development. The Lesotho trip was sponsored by the World Bank. In Lesotho, Hitchcock worked with two experts to oversee plans for one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the world. The plant would provide water for South Africa and electricity to Lesotho, he said. His concern was to ensure that the social and environmental impacts of the plant were not detrimental to those living in Lesotho, he said. “Guidelines for these plans stale that any changes made should make things better for the people living in the area,” he said. “The fact is, it’s not happening that way.” Indigenous people often are relocated and have new customs forced on them, he said. “Relocating people erodes lifestyles, hurts the economy, causes health prob lems and increases poverty,” Hitchcock said. “I’m trying to prevent that.” Hitchcock said he serves as a go between for local inhabitants and big businesses. He talks to people in local communities to sec if development can be integrated with existing cultures. He then brings their needs to the attention of See HITCHCOCK on 3 Recruiting efforts pay off, official says Graduate student enrollment rises By Diane Brayton Senior Editor Quality faculty and graduate pro grams and aggressive recruit ing efforts are responsible for a jump in 1991 graduate enrollment at the University of Nebraska-Lin coln, a UNL official said. Graduate student enrollment in creased by 9.4 percent from fall 1990, according to 1991 fall enrollment reports. Merlin Lawson, associate dean of graduate studies, said most of the responsibility for recruiting at UNL rests with the quality of the faculty and graduate programs in each de partment. “At the graduate level, students primarily want to study with a par ticular mentor who they’ve become familiar with through their research and publications," Lawson said. But, Lawson said, in the past few years, the graduate studies office has stepped up recruiting to supplement the efforts of each graduate depart ment. In an attempt to attract more inter national students, Lawson said, his office has published a more compre hensive graduate admissions guide. The guide describes the 65 master’s and 30 doctoral programs as well as information about “cultural opportu nities in Lincoln," he said. It also contains application mate ~~ See ENROLLMENT on 3 Correction: The calendar in Diversions Thursday should have listed the Wind Ensemble at Kimball Recital Center to start at 3 p m Sunday U N. moves to defuse situ ation in Iraq. Page 2. Huskers gear up for the Sun Devils. Page 7. Fin director to appear at Ross Film Theater. Page 9. Also inside: Fashion sup plement. INDEX Wire 2 Opinion 4 Sports 7 A&E____9_ Classifieds10_